Apr 28th
Sandra**
aka. Sandra of a Thousand Delights
original title: Vaghe Stella Dell'Orsa 

(Ita/Fra 1965) 
Columbia C.E.I.A.D./Vides. 104m.

A married woman returns to the ancestral home of her Jewish father murdered by the Nazis, and uncovers a few more family secrets including her incestuous relationship with her brother.
The Elektra legend, reworked and updated in typically Italian style by Visconti: quite expressive and at times enigmatic, but always watchable.

Written by: Suso Cecchi d' Amico, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti.
Producer: Franco Cristaldi.
Director: Luchino Visconti.
Starring: Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig, Fred Williams, Marie Bell, Renzo Ricci, Amalia Trolani.
Photography: Armando Nannuzzi.
Music: Cesar Franck.

Preceded by:
Pathe Gazette (1923)
(FA Cup Final at Wembley - Bolton Wanderers v. West Ham United

Historical record of Wembley's first Cup Final 100 years ago today, the only one not to be all-ticket, because of mass overcrowding and the famous intervention of a white police horse to clear the field - making the film an uneasy mixture of news record and Pathe hagiography.)